Description
This course is designed to expose students to a wide variety of legal issues that arise in the field of privacy. It will provide students with an opportunity to explore what privacy is, to examine how laws protect or invade privacy, and to examine other legal interests which compete with privacy interests. Topics covered may include: privacy legislation; tort and Charter protections; the roles of Federal and Provincial Privacy Commissioners; privacy rights in a variety of spheres, e.g. home, public space, workplace and healthcare service delivery; the role of technology vis-à-vis privacy; and the effects of post 9/11 security legislation on privacy.Law and Technology Certificate: All electives offered as part of the Law and Technology Certificate build on the knowledge and skills acquired in either one of the two core courses: law and technology, and intellectual property law (LAWS 2019 and LAWS 2178 respectively). Students will be required to take at least one elective in each of the two baskets, i.e. Law and Technology, and Intellectual Property Law.
LAWS 2220: Privacy Law is in Basket 1 - Law and Technology.